Hopelessly divided the new crisis in American politics and what it means for 2012 and beyond /
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
2012.
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction
- America on the brink
- The mainstream/political class divide
- The divide: a data portrait
- The great divide and the populist upsurge
- Left populism: principles and resurgence
- Hopes dashed: Obama and the left
- Right-wing populism: principles and resurgence
- George W. Bush and the right-wing implosion
- Independent voters: angry, volatile, and growing
- The power of money
- The K Street effect: how lobbyists have saturated public policy
- Redistricting, race, and the political class
- Conclusion: reform or fail.